Folding umbrella



(No Model.) A. E. HOPPLEIT. FOLDING UMBRELLA.

Patented 001;. 5, 1897.

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FOLDING UMBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,043, dated October5, 1897.

Application filed December 31, 1896. Serial No. 617,542. (No model.)

' Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Folding Umbrellas, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference beh ing had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters and figuresof reference indicate corresponding parts. i

This invention relates to improvements in folding umbrellas, theobjectthereof being to supply a durable article of this character whichwill take up but a very small space when folded and which comprises astrong durable structure adapted to stand considerable pressure whenopened for use.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically setforth in the annexed claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a vertical sectional elevation of my improved umbrella, showing thesame opened. In this view, for purposes of illustration, one set of ribsonly is shown. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation showing theumbrella folded, and Fig. 3 is a detail vertical elevation illustratingthe construction of the lower or handle portion of the stick.

In the practice of my invention I provide, primarily, atube A, this tubebeing composed, preferably, of sheet metal. To the upper end of thissaid tube the lower notched runner B is secured, and this said runnercarries the braces G.

- lower end of the rod, and this said lug slides within the slot at ofthe tube A.

Mounted upon the upper end of the rod D is the top notch E, which hasthe ribs F at tached thereto in the manner common to all ordinaryumbrellas. These said ribs F comprise two sections fand f, and they arehinged to each other at f the respective sections 1 and 2 of thehingeshaving shoulders 3 and 4 thereon which abut against each other tolimit the movement of the framework when the same is opened. Asupplementary handle or 7 projection E is connected to the top notch Eand is adapted for use in operating the device. The tube A is furtherprovided at its lower end with a slot a for engagement with aspring-latch g of the sliding rod G, which said rod carries at its outerend the handle i. The rod G is also provided with a projecting lug g,which slides within a slot a of the tube A.

The handle G is provided upon its inner end with a recess 9 whichengages with the lower end of the tube A when the device is folded, asillustrated by dotted lines in Fig.

3 of the drawings.

In the operation and use of the device when it is folded ready forpacking away the ribs are folded over upon. each other, as illustratedin Fig. 2 of the drawings, and the respective rods D and G are forcedwithin the tube A, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

When it is desired to use the umbrella, the ribs are carried downwardlyuntil they are extended, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Theuser will then grasp the handles E and G, one in each hand, and pullthem away from each other, whereby the umbrella 8 5 will be opened, andthe respective springlatches of the rods D and G will automatically lookwithin the slots at and 0?, adapted to receive them, and the umbrellawill be maintained in rigid open position until the C spring-latches arereleased from their slots.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isi In a folding umbrella, the combination oftwo telescopical rods having handles upon the outer ends thereof, and atube for receiving said rods, the lower of said rods provided with acircumferential groove in the handle theremy invention I have sign ed myname, in presof, adapted to receive the lower end of said ence of twowitnesses, this 16th day of No- 1o tube, and a framework comprisingfolding vember, 1896.

ribs attached to a runner on the tube, and 1 7 W 1 means for locking therods in an extended or AR1 HUR HOFB LEIT' outward position,substantially as shown and Witnesses:

described. 0. SEDGWICK,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as B. MCOOMB.

